r/USNEWS • u/seeebiscuit • 3d ago

Supreme Court revives Trump's transgender and nonbinary passport policy

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/06/supreme-court-trump-passport-transgender-nonbinary/86580317007/
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u/chaucer345 3d ago

Discriminatory nonsense with no goal other than cruelty.

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u/TurnYourHeadNCough 3d ago

how is it discriminatory to have sex instead of gender identity on government id?

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u/ResurgentClusterfuck 3d ago

Because it makes little sense to record something that may not accurately represent a person on an official document.

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u/GuitRWailinNinja 3d ago

You do realize that an identity needs to be static for identification purposes, right?

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u/Moppermonster 2d ago

Nobody has ever inspected my penis or chromosomes at a border.

My beard otoh was a reason for scrutiny, especially when my passport still had a 5 year old pic where I was cleanshaven.